OF THE UNITED STATES, SHOWING

OF TO-DAY

A Study in Republican and
Democratic Politics

By

ARTHUR N. HOLCOMBE, Ph.D.

Professor of Government

in Harvard University

SHOWING POLITICAL SECTIONS

I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL Basis of NatioNAL POLITICS.

M. THE ECONOMIC BASIS OF NATIONAL POLITICS

VIV. THE SECTIONAL BASIS OF NATIONAL POLITICS

V. WHEN COTTON WAS KING.

VI. THE SUPREMACY OF THE RADICAL REPUBLICANS

VII. THE REIGN OF KING CORN.

VIII. THE SUPREMACY OF THE CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS

IX. ARMAGEDDON

X. BACK TO NORMALCY

XL THE FUNCTION OF THE MINOR PARTIES

XII. THE FUTure of the Bi-Partisan TraditioN

APPENDIX A. THE POLITICAL SECTIONS

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PERIODS OF DEMOCRATIC SUPREMACY IN NATIONAL POLITICS
PERIODS OF REPUBLICAN SUPREMACY IN NATIONAL POLITICS.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE POPULAR VOTE AT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES: FOR
THE UNITED States as a WHOLE AND BY SELECTED STATES

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